Justice Ministry

Prime Minister Edi Rama was booed on Wednesday by students protesting in front of the government office against a decision to transfer the Geology and Mining Faculty to the Justice Ministry for use by the High Court.

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Civil servants and institutions allegedly implicated in the murder of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink should be investigated, the Constitutional Court stated in its detailed ruling on the case on Nov. 12.

The top Turkish court said the case was not probed efficiently and the victim’s rights were violated, in a ruling issued last July.

The Justice Ministry has issued a defense denying any ill-treatment in the case of a young Istanbul architect who committed suicide in 2010 after allegedly being subjected to police torture.

Claims by former financial prosecutor Spyros Mouzakitis, who had handled a probe into the so-called Lagarde list of wealthy Greeks, that his work was obstructed by the government on Monday prompted the intervention of a Justice Ministry official.

Bulgaria's government will submit a new budget update proposal, withdrawing the one tabled by the caretaker government.

Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has invited representatives of the social partners to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the new budget update proposal, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.

A new round of talks has been launched between Turkey’s intelligence agency and the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) for the continuation of the Kurdish resolution process, as well as to reformat its schedule, daily Hürriyet has learned.

BELGRADE - Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic urged on Friday, on behalf of the government and the Justice Ministry, all bar associations in Serbia to continue the talks on the issues they pointed out as relevant, and called on them to end the strike, the minister's office stated in a release.

No terrorist organization would be able to survive on its own without international support, Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has suggested, accusing the world of "hypocrisy" in the fight against terrorism.

The father of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a young student who died after being fatally beaten by plainclothes police during last year’s Gezi protests in Eskişehir, has put himself to work in the construction of a foundation that will contribute to keeping his son’s memory alive.

Lawyers reject ministry's offer, strike continues

BELGRADE -- The Bar Association of Serbia (AKS) rejected on Monday a proposal of the Justice Ministry meant to resolve a dispute and end the strike of lawyers.

The ministry's offer concerned amendments to the Law on Notaries Public and regulation of the issue of arbitrary taxation.